The capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, will host the IX edition of the Senior European Championship 2022 badminton with the presence of six sorianos.
As in previous calls, several volantistas from Soria have obtained the confidence of the technical direction of the Spanish Federation being significant its presence within the national team.
Specifically, the Spanish list has four players from the Club Badminton Soria-CS24: Manuel Acero, David Hernansanz, Santiago Martínez and José Carlos Pérez and two Burgenses from the AD89: Sergio Latorre and Cristina Puebla.
They all repeat after their experience in the Huelva World Championship disputed last season and most already participated in the previous edition of the European Championship in 2018.
The draw has not been excessively unfavorable for Soria’s interests since only in two games of their respective confrontations will they be measured at the top of the series. The goal of the Sorianos is already more ambitious than in previous international events, setting their sights on getting through the initial rounds.
The first confrontations of the six sorianos are the following:
· IM+35: David Hernansanz-Adwin Putteeraj (POL)
DM+35: David Hernansanz/Sebastián López(CB Leganés)-Vahur Lukin/Grete Talviste (EST)
DM+35: Sergio Latorre/Christian Vidstein (AD Terrasa)-Romain Pavie/Fabien Porchet (FRA)
DX+35: Sergio Latorre/Cristina Puebla-Sebastian Nieke/Linn Wit(ALE)
DX+35: David Hernansanz/María José Mompó(CB Xátiva)-Nick Hodgson/Nikita Kolomin (ING)
· IF+40:Cristina Puebla-Natalie Taylor(ING)
DF+40: Cristina Puebla/Elena Barberà (Catalonia)-Kelly Fairey/Natalie Taylor(ENG)
· IM+45: Santiago Martinez-Roland Bauer (AUS)
· DM+45: Manuel Acero/Santiago Martínez-Andres Hoop/Tanel Talts (EST)
· DX+45: James Martinez/Beatrice Martin-Thierry Meylan/Catherine Ferrantin(SUI)
IM+50: Manuel Acero-Zoran STEPANOVIC (SER) or Teodor STAN (ITA)
· IM+50: Jose Carlos Perez-Peter SOCHA (SVK)
DM+50: José Carlos Pérez/Fernando Herrero(CB Bianconero)-Oliver Binus/Martin Brameyer(ALE)
DX+50: Manuel Acero/Nieves de la Fuente (CB Lardero)-Christian Baumgartner/Erika Måder (SUI)
DX+50: José Carlos Pérez/Begoña Duque(CB Leganés)-Alessandro Bizzotto-Sandra Gargano (ITA)
Those selected have not had the usual rest period after the first part of the season, maintaining training until the last possible days before the trip. Due to the absence of competitions during this month, the Soria Badminton Club organized a concentration last Saturday with the presence of players from the center of the peninsula where they played various matches to recapture the sensations of a competition.
The Soriana expedition will leave for Slovenian lands next Friday to carry out a gentle training session at the Stožice Stadium, venue of the competition, during Saturday morning.
The competition will take place from Sunday the 7th and will end next Saturday the 13th, producing the debut of the sorianos on Sunday morning by the mixed doubles pair of Santiago Martínez and Beatriz Martín from Extremadura.
